I sit in the courtroom, between a man who smells faintly of urine and the man who I am here to defend before the City of Raleigh. Way back in December of last year, he dared to bow his head in despair on a park bench that belongs to the people of Raleigh, thus bringing [...]
I met R____ about five months ago. He is Hispanic, but while in prison last decade became a member of the Nation of Islam. He wanted nothing to do with me or “my Jesus”. In fact, he often set out to undermine me, telling the other homeless that I was a conman or a [...]
I have been working on the website here, and I have to say, I am proud of it.
It is powered by WordPress, hosted by myself (Hugh), and is based on one of Brian Gardner’s themes I modded myself. It is entirely possible that you understood none of what I just said. If that is [...]
Yes, it is true. The February edition of my humble newsletter has been sent to the subscribers.
If you are interested in what we are doing here, if you want to help support what we do or if you just want to know more about us and our crazy dream of loving homeless people, I hope [...]
I was explaining to a friend tonight that I think often we Christians miss the boat by limiting the mission of Jesus to “making sure we go to heaven when we die”.
I grow weary of everyone’s battles over Orthodoxy, so I have no desire to add fuel to that fire here, now. I wish Orthopraxy [...]
Dear Friends,
I recently made a short video about my missionary work here in Raleigh (the video can be viewed here) and in it, I said Jesus is all about stretching my comfort zone. Never is that more apparent to me than right now.
If there is one thing I now know that I did not realize [...]
I grew up in the Protestant tradition, but I have a great deal of respect for Catholicism.
In fact, the two largest influences on my thinking, at least so far as the work of loving the poor goes, are Catholics, namely Mother Theresa of Calcutta and Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. It was [...]
There is no point in getting into an argument about this notion of loving. It is what Christianity is all about — take it or leave it. Christianity is not about ritual and moral living except insofar as these two express the love that causes both of them. We must at least pray for the [...]
My friends at Connections have been a huge help to me the last few weeks.
They have accepted me with open arms, put up with my drinking all the coffee and generally just made me feel at home. Thank you very much. I look forward to many years of future ministry together.
Lisa Creech Bledsoe, one of [...]
Last week I visited the nice folks at Connections Church in Raleigh/Cary. (They are right on the border). They were very interested in the work I am doing and the future plans I am working on, and want to know ways they can help in the work.
If you have been trying to track me down [...]
